Crude market caught between diplomacy and disruption: Peter McGuireGlobal crude oil markets experienced sharp volatility as traders reacted to shifting signals regarding potential Iran ceasefire negotiation...
21 May, 2026, 11.09 AM IST
Uttarakhand: Highest-single day spike in virus cases since May 29 last yearDehradun district reported the highest 537 cases, followed by Nainital (404), Haridwar (303), Pithoragarh (82), Almora (52) and Champawat (...
08 Jan, 2022, 10.03 PM IST
India's daily Covid situation in 5 chartsIn southern states of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, the rise in cases is relatively low, even though a sharp surge has been seen in the number ...
06 Jan, 2022, 12.14 AM IST
A fifth of Covid-19 deaths listed in Kerala on appeal of familiesIn August, the state reported about 27% of India's Covid-19 deaths, a big jump from previous months. In September, it accounted for about 4...
19 Nov, 2021, 07.16 AM IST
India's April palm oil imports surge 82% year-on-year, says trade bodyThe country imported 701,795 tonnes of palm oil last month, while soyoil imports fell by 21% to 144,020 tonnes, the Solvent Extractors' Ass...
12 May, 2021, 04.43 PM IST
Delhi is hit by third wave of Covid cases: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal"There has been a rise in COVID-19 cases. We can call this the third wave of COVID cases here. From September-October, the cases began to d...
04 Nov, 2020, 04.11 PM IST
Karnataka’s Covid death rate highest among the 5 southern states, Kerala manages wellBetween July 13 and July 20, Karnataka’s case-fatality rate (CFR), or deaths for every 100 cases, jumped from 1.8% to 2.1%, according to da...
22 Jul, 2020, 10.11 AM IST
India's covid-19 tally crosses 7 lakh-mark; over 1 crore tests conductedAccording to Union health ministry figures updated in the morning, a big single-day jump of 24,248 COVID-19 cases took India's tally to 6,9...
07 Jul, 2020, 12.11 PM IST
Single-day jump of 24,248 COVID-19 cases pushes India's tally close to 7-lakh markAnother big single-day jump of 24,248 COVID-19 cases took India's tally close to the 7-lakh mark on Monday, while the death toll due to the...
06 Jul, 2020, 12.09 PM IST
Hindi heartland states gear up for spike in casesThe Hindi heartland is gearing up for a spike in Covid-19 cases as a large number of migrant labourers return home. This comes even as PM M...
15 May, 2020, 08.48 AM IST
Cases in India doubling every four daysIn a major decision today, all exports of hydroxycloroquine — the malaria drug on which Trump sought India to relax export rules — were ban...
05 Apr, 2020, 06.08 PM IST
China blocks Foxconn plan to restart factories over virus worries - NikkeiPublic health experts carried out inspections at Foxconn's factories in Shenzhen and told the company that its factories had a "high risk o...
08 Feb, 2020, 03.38 PM IST
9,100 died in ‘gas chamber’ last year in DelhiData show a consistent rise in deaths due to respiratory diseases between 2009 and 2011, going up from 5,328 to 8,590.
31 Dec, 2017, 11.01 AM IST
Indian roads turn world's deadliest; killed record 400 people per day in 2015The number comes as a wake-up call for the government, whose minister Nitin Gadkari has set a goal of reducing road fatalities by 50% by 20...
21 Apr, 2016, 10.46 AM IST
Tiger population in India rises 30 per cent to 2,226Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar informed the House that 22 poachers were also killed last year in encounters with enforcement agenci...
17 Mar, 2015, 03.09 PM IST
- Latest Foxconn suicide comes after visit by chairman
Foxconn employs 8 lakh people. Ten have committed suicide this year at Shenzhen complex for reportedly poor working conditions. Foxconn's s...
27 May, 2010, 11.02 AM IST
- How Operation Cyclone won over the Taj
The last of the four terrorists jumped out of the window of the iconic Taj Mahal hotel only to be shot dead by the NSG commandos early Satu...
30 Nov, 2008, 01.14 AM IST